An Update on the Qualification Standards

June 25, 2008
Noon to 1:30 p.m. (EDT)

Presented by the Academy's Council on Professionalism. An educational webcast on the revised Qualification Standards and continuing education requirements for actuaries, which took effect Jan. 1, 2008.

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Speakers

The speakers include:

• Kathleen Riley, Academy vice president for professionalism
• Karen Nowiejski, a member of the Academy's Committee on Qualifications
• Sheila Kalkunte, the Academy assistant general counsel and liaison to the Council on Professionalism and the Committee on Qualifications

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Webcast resources

• Download the speakers' slides [2] from the webcast (PDF format).
• View the archived version [3] of the webcast online (download the WebEx player [4] if you do not already have it on your computer. You will need it to view the webcast.).

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CE credit

The American Academy of Actuaries believes in good faith that this webcast, "An Update on the Qualification Standards," constitutes an "organized activity" under the current Qualification Standards [5] and constitutes a "professionalism topic" as defined therein.

Under the Qualification Standards, an hour of continuing education (CE) is defined as 50 minutes, and fractions of an hour may be counted.

Certificates for EAs

The Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries (JBEA) has approved the Academy as a qualifying sponsor of continuing education programs for enrolled actuaries.

If you are an enrolled actuary, the Academy believes in good faith that you may earn 1.8 CE core credits under the JBEA rules for attending this webcast. However, the JBEA ultimately determines what constitutes core and non-core continuing education and the number of CE credit hours allocated to same for enrolled actuaries.

If you have a question about an EA certificate, please contact Rita Winkel at the Academy (winkel@actuary.org, 202.223.8196). The Academy accepted EA certificate requests for this webcast until July 25, 2008.

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Questions?

Please contact Rita Winkel, the Academy's legal assistant, by e-mail (winkel@actuary.org).